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mother earth

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6. I'll ck out those links later, BUT
Sat Feb 28, 2015, 10:10 AM
Feb 2015

I think what needs to be done is to start a list of all things and people who are part of this propaganda war to warp our minds and manipulate our thinking on Vladimir Putin and win him an adoring following.

So far, from your criticism, the list is as follows:

Russia Today (RT) and of course that would include Thom Hartmann

The Real News Network (TRNN) and of course that would include Chris Hedges, Michael Hudson, that’s a big list, I’m sure there’s more, since they are an offshoot of Fox News which should also be added, because many an intelligent person is being fooled by the eloquently speaking anchors.

We've got to stop listening to Richard Wolff too, I can think of at least six universities who should be notified immediately of his nature so as not to allow him to warp young minds in his classes, as well, along with adding his books to the bonfire. Pacifica Radio & the New York Times must be alerted, or they too should be added to our list to avoid.

We should ban certain books & perhaps resort to burning them & purging them from the internet & Amazon for starters, the big two of course, Shock Doctrine & Confessions of an Economic Hit Man.

Help me out if I’ve missed something.
Maybe it’s just me, but I’ve always thought many of my fellow Du’ers are intelligent enough to sift through a vast amount of information, discarding the “useful fools” along the way. I guess Putie hasn’t learned that yet, being how he is no believer in democracy & how our own MSM is quite objective and fearless when it comes to reporting all of the truth & nothing but the truth.
I’m going to need to compile a list of the “safe” sites, the channels we should be watching & all those economists who are NOT paid schills for Putin. Who are they by the way, uhnope?

I hope we have all seen the errors of our ways this morning. I know I have. I have learned much about “useful fools”.

TY, uhnope, I have recalled a historical era and the term, "McCarthyism" and see it is alive and well and pertains not only to our collective experience at DU, but our country, our global world. I commend you for doing that in your time here. Well done.

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Shock Doctrine. pa28 Feb 2015 #1
And don't forget "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man", it's all the same, blood for profits to mother earth Feb 2015 #2
OMG. Conspiracy Theory/ reversal of reality by the Kremlin's latest shill, "Michael Hudson" uhnope Feb 2015 #3
I'll ck out those links later, BUT mother earth Feb 2015 #6
You are too kind libodem Feb 2015 #8
Everyday we spend here, we are telling people exactly who we are. Why not take that opportunity to mother earth Feb 2015 #9
when using sarcasm, you have to be more careful uhnope Mar 2015 #12
Where was I sarcastic? I thought I made myself crystal clear on all fronts. My progressive nature mother earth Mar 2015 #13
Here's the definition of sarcasm uhnope Mar 2015 #14
No need to define sarcasm, there is no sarcasm in reply #6, I stand by that. mother earth Mar 2015 #15
This message was self-deleted by its author uhnope Mar 2015 #16
Uhnope, I replied about Nemstov on your OP posted here. As far as my lesson on mother earth Mar 2015 #17
OK thx uhnope Mar 2015 #19
TY for this reply. I honestly applaud your candor. This has become painfully obvious to me, and mother earth Mar 2015 #20
ohy uhnope Mar 2015 #21
I'm hoping we can get back on topic on this OP, and maybe different economic theories can mother earth Mar 2015 #22
I respect the fact that brainy people like to explore economic theories uhnope Mar 2015 #23
I think economists have a far greater grasp on what is playing out in the Ukraine, Greece, and mother earth Mar 2015 #24
No I don't think so. All the economists laid end to end would never reach a conclusion uhnope Mar 2015 #25
Here we go again, rinse, repeat. I totally disagree, I don't think you are actually listening to mother earth Mar 2015 #28
What part of ""Well, when Kiev went to war against Eastern Ukraine" is not BS to you? uhnope Mar 2015 #32
You have made your "points", but you are very transparent and it isn't me afraid of a boogieman mother earth Mar 2015 #33
Why can't you answer the question. + If you're so concerned, reply to post #18 uhnope Mar 2015 #34
DeSwiss is completely capable of answering your reply. Stop with disruption of mother earth Mar 2015 #35
lol. Calling BS is not "disruption." Neither is calling out anti-Semites like Pound uhnope Mar 2015 #36
There is no "thinly veiled attack" to help Putin, the attack on Ukraine is about empire & this mother earth Mar 2015 #26
This message was self-deleted by its author uhnope Mar 2015 #27
You really need to take time to read. NO, not Naomi Wolff, Naomi Klein. You posted an OP mother earth Mar 2015 #29
ok ok I read it wrong uhnope Mar 2015 #30
You sure do. nt mother earth Mar 2015 #31
I'm going to add a link that explains one of the biggest lessons from the last cold war, mother earth Feb 2015 #7
Wars of any sort create jobs ...that's how low we have gone. L0oniX Feb 2015 #4
War is the Capitalist's Primary Business Model DeSwiss Feb 2015 #5
DeSwiss, I wish I could K & R every response you ever give on any of my OP's. You are always a mother earth Feb 2015 #10
I often wonder if people truly get what you bring to the table...here's some info on Jacque Fresco. mother earth Feb 2015 #11
Ezra Pound on Economics? What next, Protocols of the Elders of Zion ???? uhnope Mar 2015 #18
. libodem Mar 2015 #37
Paid trolls that disrupt discussion boards. nt mother earth Mar 2015 #38
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